Contributing to PHP

Anybody who programs in PHP can be a contributing member of the community
that develops and deploys it; the task of deploying PHP, documentation and
associated websites is a never ending one. With every release, or release
candidate comes a wave of work, which takes a lot of organization and
co-ordination.

With the introduction of release managers comes a smoother release process,
but help is still needed: testing release candidates, finding and squashing
bugs in tests, documentation, and sources.

Development of the PHP source

Someone hoping to become involved in the maintenance and development of
the source should be experienced in all of the areas mentioned above, as
this creates a strong team; everyone knows how every other part of the
project works.

You will also need experience in C programming as PHP is written entirely in C.